A brush fire swept through Lake County on Thursday. A bear cub became separated from his mama bear and now officials are working to find the cub's family. Dave McDaniel (@WESHMcDaniel) has the story.

A brush fire swept through Lake County on Thursday. A bear cub became separated from his mama bear and now officials are working to find the cub's family. Dave McDaniel (@WESHMcDaniel) has the story.

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Updated: 6:41 PM EDT Apr 8, 2016

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WEBVTT IFE OFFICIALS ARE WORKING HARD TO REUNITE THE CUB WITH ITS FAMIL DAVE: THE SPECIAL IT CARGO IN THIS PET CARRIER HAS A DISTINCTIVE LOOK AND NAME. >> WE'RE GOING TO CALL HIM SJ, SMOKEY JUNIOR. RAY LOVETT: HE WAS IN THE ROAD, CONFUSED, DAZED, SINGED. NATORIE BORST: IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS HURT. DAVE: A TEEN WHO EVENTUALLY WANTS TO WORK FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE HEARD SOMETHING WHICH MELTED HER HEART. NATORIE BORST: HE WAS YELLING FOR HIS MOM, IT ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE, MOM THAT'S WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE TO ME. HE GOT SO EXCITED, HE STARTED RUNNING TOWARDS US, LIKE HE WA JUST SO HAPPY. HE WAS JUST SO HAPPY TO GET OUT OF THERE. DAVE: SHE SNAPPED A QUICK PHOTO OF HER DAD WITH THE CUB BEFORE STATE BIOLOGISTS RUSHED IT AWAY FOR SOME TLC. THE CUB PASSED ITS CHECK UP. MIKE ORLANDO: LOOKS REALLY GOOD, HIGH CHANCE OF SURVIVAL AFTER THIS FIRE. DAVE: A STATE BEAR EXPERT SPOTTED A MOTHER BEAR THIS MORNING IN NEARLY THE SAME SPOT THE CUB WAS FOUND. THE MISSION WAS TO GET THE LITTLE GUY'S SCENT EVERY PLACE THEY COULD. THEY REALLY WANT HIS MOM TO COME BACK FOR HIM. MIKE ORLANDO: WE THINK SHE'S JUST OFF IN THE BUSHES, AND WAITING FOR THINGS TO CALM DOWN. DAVE: THE CUB'S IN A CRATE, UNDER BLANKETS FOR SHADE, BLANKETS WHICH ALSO SMELL LIKE HIM. IF MAMA BEAR SHOWS UP, THEY'LL EITHER RELEASE THE CUB OR LET MAMA BEAR OPEN THE CRATE LIKE THEY KNOW SHE CA FORESTRY SAYS A PRIVATE LANDOWNER WAS DOING UNAUTHORIZED BURNING OF TREE BRANCHES AND OTHER BRUSH, AND THAT FIRE GOT AWAY FROM ANY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAVE CITED HIM, AND THAT WILL MAKE HIM PAY

Officials working to reunite bear cub with family

A brush fire swept through Lake County on Thursday. A bear cub became separated from his mama bear and now officials are working to find the cub's family. Dave McDaniel (@WESHMcDaniel) has the story.